Wilson sisters’ band, recently inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, helped pave the way for today’s female rockers

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Being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April was as close to an out-of-body experience, euphoric or otherwise, as Heart singer Ann Wilson may ever come in this lifetime. ■ “That was a very strange and unusual night for me,” said the San Diego native, who performs here with Heart tomorrow at the SDSU Open Air Theatre.

“It was a great honor, but I did feel a bit disembodied and like I was watching it from above,” she elaborated. “That part surprised me. It was a never-to-be-forgotten night, but it was definitely very surreal to be one of the ones honored like that.”

The all-star jam session that concluded the induction ceremony at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles also seemed a bit surreal.

The only two women participating in the jam were Ann and her guitar-playing sister, Nancy, (The two, who helped launch Heart in 1973, spent part of their childhoods in and around Camp Pendleton, where their Marine officer father was stationed several times.)

The Wilsons were joined for the induction ceremony jam by fellow 2013 Rock Hall honorees Chuck D. of Public Enemy and all three members of Rush. Also playing alongside them were Creedence Clearwater Revival founder John Fogerty, Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters, Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell, blues-rock buzz artist Gary Clark Jr., Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello and rapper DMC of Run-DMC.

Together, the all-star cast rocked out on Cream’s amped-up version of the Robert Johnson blues classic “Crossroads,” with Wilson belting out the second verse. She was preceded on vocals by Clark and followed by Cornell, Fogerty and Grohl, with a series of high-octane guitar solos in between.

“It’s not likely anybody who was there will get on the stage with Rush again, because they’re so complete (on their own), so that was a very great moment,” said Ann Wilson, speaking from her Seattle home. “ ‘Crossroads’ was selected by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame people, mostly because of all the guitar players (onstage). It provided a (vehicle) for a million guitar solos!”

Wilson was exaggerating. But the fact that she and her sister were the only two women on a stage filled by men was a telling sign about how few female rockers have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.

That made the inclusion of Heart a doubly well-deserved tribute to the band, which the Wilsons have tirelessly led for more than four decades. At the induction ceremony, the sisters reunited with the group’s original lineup for the first time in 34 years to play “Crazy On You,” Heart’s 1976 breakthrough hit.

Then the current lineup of Heart, which features former San Diego guitarist Craig Bartok, came out to perform “Barracuda.”